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# ConnectWithCookies

POST https://api//api/public/li_account/ConnectWithCookies
Content-Type: application/json

Connect a LinkedIn account using session cookies. Member id is auto-extracted by authenticating with the cookies. Optionally supply userAgent matching the browser that generated the cookies. Requires the Account Login API feature.

Reference: https://docs.heyreach.io/hey-reach-api/linked-in-accounts/connect-with-cookies

## Request

### Headers

- `X-API-KEY` (string, optional) — API key header using this scheme. Example: "X-API-KEY: \{API\_KEY}"

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `cookies` (list of object, required)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `value` (string, required)
  - `domain` (string, required)
  - `path` (string, required)
  - `expires` (any, optional, nullable)
- `proxyCountryCode` (string, required)
- `customProxy` (object, required)
  - `host` (string, required)
  - `port` (integer, required)
  - `username` (string, required)
  - `password` (string, required)
- `inboxScrapeMode` (string, required)
- `userAgent` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

OK

- `linkedInAccountId` (string, required)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "cookies": [
    {
      "name": "li_at",
      "value": "<cookie-value>",
      "domain": ".linkedin.com",
      "path": "/"
    },
    {
      "name": "JSESSIONID",
      "value": "<cookie-value>",
      "domain": ".linkedin.com",
      "path": "/"
    }
  ],
  "proxyCountryCode": "US",
  "customProxy": {
    "host": "string",
    "port": 0,
    "username": "string",
    "password": "string"
  },
  "inboxScrapeMode": "AllTime|HeyReachOnly",
  "userAgent": ""
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "linkedInAccountId": "<integer>"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api//api/public/li_account/ConnectWithCookies"

payload = {
    "cookies": [
        {
            "name": "li_at",
            "value": "<cookie-value>",
            "domain": ".linkedin.com",
            "path": "/"
        },
        {
            "name": "JSESSIONID",
            "value": "<cookie-value>",
            "domain": ".linkedin.com",
            "path": "/"
        }
    ],
    "proxyCountryCode": "US",
    "customProxy": {
        "host": "string",
        "port": 0,
        "username": "string",
        "password": "string"
    },
    "inboxScrapeMode": "AllTime|HeyReachOnly",
    "userAgent": ""
}
headers = {
    "X-API-KEY": "<string>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api//api/public/li_account/ConnectWithCookies';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-API-KEY': '<string>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"cookies":[{"name":"li_at","value":"<cookie-value>","domain":".linkedin.com","path":"/"},{"name":"JSESSIONID","value":"<cookie-value>","domain":".linkedin.com","path":"/"}],"proxyCountryCode":"US","customProxy":{"host":"string","port":0,"username":"string","password":"string"},"inboxScrapeMode":"AllTime|HeyReachOnly","userAgent":""}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api//api/public/li_account/ConnectWithCookies"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"cookies\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"li_at\",\n      \"value\": \"<cookie-value>\",\n      \"domain\": \".linkedin.com\",\n      \"path\": \"/\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"JSESSIONID\",\n      \"value\": \"<cookie-value>\",\n      \"domain\": \".linkedin.com\",\n      \"path\": \"/\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"proxyCountryCode\": \"US\",\n  \"customProxy\": {\n    \"host\": \"string\",\n    \"port\": 0,\n    \"username\": \"string\",\n    \"password\": \"string\"\n  },\n  \"inboxScrapeMode\": \"AllTime|HeyReachOnly\",\n  \"userAgent\": \"\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-KEY", "<string>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api//api/public/li_account/ConnectWithCookies")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-KEY"] = '<string>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"cookies\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"li_at\",\n      \"value\": \"<cookie-value>\",\n      \"domain\": \".linkedin.com\",\n      \"path\": \"/\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"JSESSIONID\",\n      \"value\": \"<cookie-value>\",\n      \"domain\": \".linkedin.com\",\n      \"path\": \"/\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"proxyCountryCode\": \"US\",\n  \"customProxy\": {\n    \"host\": \"string\",\n    \"port\": 0,\n    \"username\": \"string\",\n    \"password\": \"string\"\n  },\n  \"inboxScrapeMode\": \"AllTime|HeyReachOnly\",\n  \"userAgent\": \"\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api//api/public/li_account/ConnectWithCookies")
  .header("X-API-KEY", "<string>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"cookies\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"li_at\",\n      \"value\": \"<cookie-value>\",\n      \"domain\": \".linkedin.com\",\n      \"path\": \"/\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"JSESSIONID\",\n      \"value\": \"<cookie-value>\",\n      \"domain\": \".linkedin.com\",\n      \"path\": \"/\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"proxyCountryCode\": \"US\",\n  \"customProxy\": {\n    \"host\": \"string\",\n    \"port\": 0,\n    \"username\": \"string\",\n    \"password\": \"string\"\n  },\n  \"inboxScrapeMode\": \"AllTime|HeyReachOnly\",\n  \"userAgent\": \"\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api//api/public/li_account/ConnectWithCookies', [
  'body' => '{
  "cookies": [
    {
      "name": "li_at",
      "value": "<cookie-value>",
      "domain": ".linkedin.com",
      "path": "/"
    },
    {
      "name": "JSESSIONID",
      "value": "<cookie-value>",
      "domain": ".linkedin.com",
      "path": "/"
    }
  ],
  "proxyCountryCode": "US",
  "customProxy": {
    "host": "string",
    "port": 0,
    "username": "string",
    "password": "string"
  },
  "inboxScrapeMode": "AllTime|HeyReachOnly",
  "userAgent": ""
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'X-API-KEY' => '<string>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api//api/public/li_account/ConnectWithCookies");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("X-API-KEY", "<string>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"cookies\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"li_at\",\n      \"value\": \"<cookie-value>\",\n      \"domain\": \".linkedin.com\",\n      \"path\": \"/\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"JSESSIONID\",\n      \"value\": \"<cookie-value>\",\n      \"domain\": \".linkedin.com\",\n      \"path\": \"/\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"proxyCountryCode\": \"US\",\n  \"customProxy\": {\n    \"host\": \"string\",\n    \"port\": 0,\n    \"username\": \"string\",\n    \"password\": \"string\"\n  },\n  \"inboxScrapeMode\": \"AllTime|HeyReachOnly\",\n  \"userAgent\": \"\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "X-API-KEY": "<string>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "cookies": [
    [
      "name": "li_at",
      "value": "<cookie-value>",
      "domain": ".linkedin.com",
      "path": "/"
    ],
    [
      "name": "JSESSIONID",
      "value": "<cookie-value>",
      "domain": ".linkedin.com",
      "path": "/"
    ]
  ],
  "proxyCountryCode": "US",
  "customProxy": [
    "host": "string",
    "port": 0,
    "username": "string",
    "password": "string"
  ],
  "inboxScrapeMode": "AllTime|HeyReachOnly",
  "userAgent": ""
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api//api/public/li_account/ConnectWithCookies")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```